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...story said that when the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern was lying off the Scandinavian coast the Kaiser insulted von Hahnke who struck him in the face and later had to kill himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Top Dog | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

...meet the author of such a book is necessarily a little disappointing. Bojer is slow, slight, would be almost dapper, were it not for keenness of eye, vigor of movement and ruggedness of countenance. He speaks English with difficulty. His lecturing in the U. S. was largely to Scandinavian organizations. The day I heard him he paid a glaring, a vociferous tribute to Frank Norris.* Bojer is of Scandinavian peasant stock. His youth was one of struggle and poverty, but he soon learned to dream. The essential poet in him developed early. He himself says : "The best education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Johan Bojer | 12/24/1923 | See Source »

Countess Laszlo Szechenyi (née Gladys Vanderbilt): " In late Summer, at Newport, I lost a pearl necklace valued at $30,000. Last week newspapers told how a Scandinavian maid found my necklace in the gutter, returned it, received $100 reward. The pearls were given to me when I married Count Szechenyi, who is now Hungarian Minister at Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Nov. 5, 1923 | 11/5/1923 | See Source »

Suspicion of moisture on the steps of a Scandinavian throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Nov. 5, 1923 | 11/5/1923 | See Source »

Curators in the College Library, for one year from September 1, 1923.--Thomas Barbour '06 (Books relating to the Pacific); C. L. Chandler '05 (South American History and Literature); M. L. Crosby '77 (Books in Spanish); C. R. Lanman, Ph.D., LL.D. (Indic Manuscripts); H. G. Leach, G. '06 (Scandinavian History and Literature); E. K. Rand '94, Ph.D. (Manuscripts); R. G. Shaw '99, A.M. (The Theatre Collection); J. B. Stetson Jr. '06 (Portuguese Literature); J. H. Storer '11, LL.B. (Coins and Medals); C. M. Warner (Canadian History and Literature); E. A. Whitney '17 (The World War Collection); F. A. Woods...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW INSTRUCTORS AND ASSISTANTS APPOINTED | 10/9/1923 | See Source »

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